BACKGROUND Assessing radiographers' clinical competence is of major importance in all medical imaging departments, and is a fundamental prerequisite for guaranteeing professional standards in both nursing care and radiography. Despite the fact that self-assessment has been reported to be the most common form of competence evaluation only several studies defining the radiographers' self-assessme...

BACKGROUND Dissonance between the high 'technical' competences of medical professionals, including physiotherapists, and the relatively low level of patient satisfaction with care received is a phenomenon observed in many countries. Many studies show that it occurs in the case of an inadequate interpersonal communication between medical professionals and patients. OBJECTIVES The primary goal ...

BACKGROUND Relatively little knowledge is available to date about health literacy among the general population in Europe. It is important to gain insights into health literacy competences among the general population, as this might contribute to more effective health promotion and help clarify socio-economic disparities in health. This paper is part of the European Health Literacy Survey (HLS-E...

The sustainable information society (SIS) is one of the most important topics of our time. ICTs play a key role in this society. Unfortunately, factors determining the successful ICTs adoption and consequently the SIS development are not sufficiently established. Therefore, the aim of this study is to answer the question about critical success factors for the SIS in Poland. These factors were i...

Cultural tourism has received increasing attention. Tourists’ intercultural competence represents the abilities to appropriately and efficiently interact with people across different cultures, helping tourists attain developing positive cultural exchange experiences. By adopting both qualitative quantitative approaches, a multidimensional measurement of tourists’ was developed validated in this...

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In this paper we present analyses of three textbooks currently used in the teaching mathematics to year-one children England. One is an established English-authored textbook, while others are Singaporean-authored imports promoted by government as solutions perceptions systemic failure. Every task each textbook was coded against a set eight number-related competences known support children’s lea...

Observational instruments are preferred for assessment of cultural competence. The aim the current study is to identify observational assess competence in healthcare providers and dieticians specifically their psychometric properties. A systematic review was conducted Cinahl, Cochrane, EMBASE, PsycInfo, Pubmed, Web Science using search terms related competency measurement Methodological quality...

This paper presents a framework for project management competence assessment based on participant’s performance and contribution in a simulated environment. The proposed framework considers competence assessment through evidences and the participation of different roles. The system enforces the assessment of individual competences by means of a set of performance indicators. A specific case stu...